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=WHAT IS DECA? =<p style="text-align: justify;">DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) is an international organization that works with schools, both high schools, and colleges to, educate aspiring entrepreneurs and soon-to-be leaders. They do this by holding conferences and competitions in the following fields of business; marketing, finance, hospitality, and management.</p><p style= "text-align: center;">[[File:Deca circleAshlee Hunt.jpg]]<br/p> <p style="text-align: justify;">DECA has been changing lives and impacting futures since 1946, and with their constantly revolving research and education based technology, they have provided the very best program made possible to students in high school and higher education.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">DECA has almost 30 competitive events, all aimed to prepare students for not only their future careers but also, the workload that comes along with it. DECA competitions often simulate what it’s like to make big decisions pertaining to the company, or in the case of the entrepreneurship categories, you’d be the one founding the company itself.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>=WHAT EVENTS CAN YOU COMPETE IN? =
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">What is DECA? <span style="background-color:#ffff00;">(INSPIRATION WEEK WIKI PAGE)</span></span></span> =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DECA(Distributive Education Clubs hosts competitions composed of America) is an international organization that works with schools, both high schools and colleges various events relating to, educate aspiring entrepreneurs and soon-to-be leadersdifferent aspects of the business profession. They do this by holding conferences and DECA competitions in the following fields of business; marketing, finance, hospitality, </span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-108c0dc5-db8b-6f7d-be30-93834b08aa3c"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arvo; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">and management.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;marginare aimed at providing students in business-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-108c0dc5-db99-5958-9fce-4b9584d7a1ca"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DECA has been changing lives and impacting futures since 1946, and oriented professions with their constantly revolving research and education based technology, they have provided the very best program made possible to students experience in high school and higher educationcompetitive environments.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DECA has almost 30 competitive Students may chose to enter events, all aimed as individuals or as a team with up to prepare students for not only their future3 members. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;">careers </span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but also, the workload that comes along with it. DECA competitions often simulate what it’s like to make big decisions pertaining to the company, or in the case of the entrepreneurship categories, you’d be the one founding the company itself.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p>
= <span style="fontEvents such as individual case studies are designed to measure a broad range of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, both general business/marketing/management and industry-size:large;"><span style="font-family:verdanaspecific, identified by business and industry professionals as essential to success in a given occupation. Events include but are not limited to Accounting, Banking Services,genevaMarketing Management,sans-serifand Retail Management. ">What is the impact of DECA's organization?</span></span> =<div><br/></div>
= <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-108c0dc5-dc88-ba9f-33e2-7aa6bf9c3c2d"><span style="color: rgbEvents such as prepared business plan presentations provide students the opportunity to prepare ahead of time a written prospectus and/or to present to a professional (0judge) with experience in the area of specialty identified for the event. Events within the business plan category include but are not limited to Advertising Campaigns, 0Growing a Business, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapand Business Research. ">How can you start a chapter at our school?</span></span></span></span><div><br/></div> =
= <span style="font-size:smallerA full listing of available competitions "><span style="font-familycan be found here:georgia,serif ">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span></span><br/> =
*'''Academically Prepared'''[https://www.deca.org/college-programs/college-competitive-events/ https://www.deca.org/college-programs/college-competitive-events/]
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleWHAT IS THE IMPACT OF DECA'S ORGANIZATION ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">''''''DECA memebers are ambitious and high acieving students.</span></span>
*'''Community Driven'''[[File:DECAimages.png|thumb]]
<span style="fontDECA was created to prepare high-family: tahoma, genevaschool and college students for careers in the business sector, sans-serif; font-size: smaller;">DECA members continually impact and improve their local including budding entrepreneurs and broader communitieshopeful business leaders.</span>Through this program, they can become…
*'''Role ModelsCRITICAL THINKERS'''through the academic rigor of the program.
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">DECA are leaders '''LEADERS''' in their chapter and help empower others around themon their campus.</span></span>
= <span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:georgia'''PREPARED''' for a career in management,serif;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span></span> =entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing or finance.
'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaThe skills gained through the DECA are important building blocks to students future,genevapreparing them to enter the business world after college with a sense of knowledge and comfort in their area,sans-serif;">1already. Joining the chapter at your school will enhance business education, leadership skills, and academic success. EXPLORE</span></span>'''
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleHOW CAN YOU START A CHAPTER AT YOUR SCHOOL? ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">a. Ask your student activities director what you need to do to establish a student organization on campus or look for an existing student organization (without national/international affiliation) on your campus to join forces with. </span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaThere are two options that a student can choose when wanting to join the DECA organization. You can either join or locate a local DECA chapter either on your campus or in the community,geneva,sans-serif;">bor you can basically be a group of one and compete in competitions solo. Find a willing faculty advisor</span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaIf you choose the first and most common option, which is to join or create a DECA chapter, it's basically like your creating a club on campus. Except in order to be official, and in order for you to compete in regional and global competitions, you have to register your Chapter(club) on the DECA organization's website, which is deca.org. After your club is registered with the organization, it's important that you get the necessary support from stakeholders at the school, like the President, Vice President, Provost,genevaand your Student Government Association. This is really important to your chapter's success since for all competitive events and for your chapter's membership with the DECA organization,sans-serif;">cfees need to be paid. Members As you will see in the next section, there are many ways you can get the necessary funding your events and advisors must pay dues</span></span>just for your club in general whether that be through the actual DECA organization or through your own school. The opportunities are endless!
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleHOW CAN YOU RAISE FUNDING? ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">d. Each chapter must comply with the regulations of their state, provincial or territorial association to be an active organization.</span></span>
'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaEvery year, DECA provides more than $300,geneva000 in scholarships to students across partner chapters. Scholarships are funded by business and organizational partners within the DECA network. Sources of funding for the scholarships are sometimes dependent on what aspect of business a student plans to pursue. For example,sansscholarships for students with a focus on hospitality are eligible to receive awards from partner business Marriott International. Other scholarships and grants are merit-serif;">2based and seek students with proven records of leadership and service in their communities. RECRUIT</span></span>'''
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">a. Find students, professors A full list of available scholarships and supporters grants to help you out. When starting a chapter, it is important to put together a core group of people that will complete DECA college students can be found at the tasks of founding an organization on campus.</span></span>following link:
<span style="font[https://www.deca.org/college-size:smaller;"><span style="fontprograms/scholarships-familycollege/ https:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">b//www. Identify potential leaders among groups of classmates, roommates, and friendsdeca. <org/span><college-programs/scholarships-college/span>]
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span styleCONTACT INFORMATION ="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">c. Recruiting a core group and let the national officer of DECA know you're interested in starting a chapter.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">dDECA Inc. Organize group meetings and fill out that application!</span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">'''3. APPLY'''</span></span>1908 Association Drive
'''<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahomaReston,geneva,sans-serif;">4. CELEBRATE</span></span>'''VA 20191
= <span style="font(703) 860-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Contact Information</span></span><br/> =5000
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">''DECA Headquarters''</span></span>info@deca.org
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">1908 Association Drive<br/>Reston, VA 20191<br/>Phone: (703) 860-5000<br/>Fax: (703) 860-4013</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:smallerEdited by "><span style="font-family[[Ash_Hunt|Ash Hunt]], [http:tahoma,geneva//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell],sans-serifand Alex Plazas <"></span></span>div>
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